Background
Dahlerup was born outside Mariager in Northern Jutland, Denmark, the son of a provost.
Dahlerup was born outside Mariager in Northern Jutland, Denmark, the son of a provost.
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
One of the most productive and noted Danish architects of the 19th century, he is behind many of the most known buildings and landmarks of his time and has more than any other single architect contributed to the way Copenhagen appears today. He received his first drawing lessons in Århus in 1853, then moving to Copenhagen to study at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts which he started in 1856. Dahlerup trained under G. F. Hetsch and J.H. Nebelong.
From 1870 he was an artistic advisor for the Portuguese of Copenhagen and for a while he served as the house architect of Tivoli Gardens.
Foreign many years he was the preferred architect of Carl Jacobsen and is the architect behind many of the most known buildings at the Carlsberg site.
In 1871 he became a member of the Academy, in 1875 becoming a Professor. Vilhelm Dahlerup was a member of numerous committees and commissions, including a jury member at the 1876 World"s Fair in Philadelphia and a jury member and co-arranger of the 1878 World"s Fair in Paris.